Herbert Watney

Herbert Watney (1843–1932) of Buckhold, Pangbourne, Berkshire (now St. Andrew's School) was a nineteenth century London physician, landowner and philanthropist, and a strong supporter of Christian missions. Early life Herbert Watney was born on 15 December 1843 at Wandsworth, Surrey the son of James Watney of Haling Park, Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at Rugby and St. John's College, Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he was a rowing blue and rowed three times for Cambridge University, in the losing crews of 1865, 1866 and 1867, and won the Colquhoun Sculls Cup. He took his BA is 1866 and MA in 1869. He went on to St George’s Hospital, London where he graduated in 1870, also studying medicine at University College, at Jena and at Würzburg. He qualified as MRCS in 1876. Professional life After holding the customary resident appointments at St George's Hospital, London he was made Senior Assistant Physician and joint lecturer on physiology from 1881 to 1883. He joined the Physiological Society in 1881: for a period he was engaged in research on the thymus with Burdon Sanderson at University College London and Klein at the Brown Institute. However, shortly after his election as an F.R.C.P. in 1883 and after acting as an Examiner in physiology for the College and for Cambridge, he retired from his professional career. He was Master of the Mercers' Company in 1915.